Binh Thanh District's Landmark 81 skyscraper has been officially approved by the city's People’s Committee, clearing the path for the construction of Vietnam’s tallest building.
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At 461.2 meters, the official height is significantly taller than originally planned. When the project was announced last year, the developer said the building would stand at 350 meters. The new figure puts the building's height above Hanoi’s Keangnam Tower (329 meters) for the title of Vietnam’s tallest building, in addition to making it the 6th tallest in Asia, ahead of Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers.
The skyscraper is the crown jewel of Vinhome’s US$1.4 billion Central Park project and will house hotels, apartments, shopping centers, restaurants, bars and an observatory center once completed in 2017.
It will be interesting to see how long the Landmark 81 will stand as Vietnam’s tallest building as Thu Thiem’s recently announced Empire City development will be centered around a 86-story tower of yet unspecified height.
